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Trish Ladner was awarded the Friends of Legislature Award by the South Dakota Stockgrowers Associaiton at the 2022 convention in Spearfish SD. She was elected in 2020 to the South Dakota House of Representatives serving District 30, (Custer, Fall River and Pennington counties including Rapid Valley). She served in the 2021 and 2022 Legislative Sessions, she was awarded for her work on HB1039 which was intergraded in HB1325 and currently serves on the Ag & Natural Resources and the Commerce & Energy committees. She was elected to the Executive Board by her peers durning her first year and was chosen as one of twenty five legislators from across America to attend the ALEC conference for new legislators in Washington DC and recently attended a conference in Park City, UT hosted by the Foundation for Government Accountability. She has been involved in SD HB1096, revise provisions regarding livestock identification that was signed by the Governor on March 28, 2022.  

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BUFFALO GAP, S.D. — On a chilly afternoon in January, I climbed into the back of Randy Schroth’s pickup with James Halverson, State Rep. Trish Ladner (R.-Dist. 30), and State Senator Jessica Castleberry (R.-Dist. 35), and began the bumpy trip across Randy’s ranch.

Randy, whose family has owned their 10,000 acre ranch near Buffalo Gap for generations, offered to show us sections of his property affected by South Dakota’s proposed soil reassessment.

HOT SPRINGS – More than 50 people attended a District 30 Legislative Crackerbarrel this past Saturday afternoon, Feb. 19, in Hot Springs. The event took place at the American Legion from 2 – 4 p.m. and was co-hosted by the Fall River County Republicans andFall River County Herald-Star.

All three elected officials from District 30, which included Senator Julie Frye-Mueller and Representatives Tim Goodwin and Trish Ladner, were present and spoke about bills and issues they had been involved with during this year’s legislative session in Pierre. The lawmakers also answered questions from the public on a variety of topics.

“CRT” in Our Schools

by State Rep. Trish Ladner

As a legislator, I’ve been concerned for quite a while about what our children are being taught and that they are not being taught “history” as it actually occurred, but a rewritten fabrication of our history that reflects a political/social economic agenda that is not factually true nor accurate. Because of the pandemic lockdowns, parents have taken the opportunity to look at what their children are being taught. As a result, parents of all social economic backgrounds and races are standing up against Critical Race Theory.